Election Commission, and no other authority, decides when to conduct SIR: ECI tells SC
The ECI said its power to decide if a revisional exercise would be intensive or summary would “depend on the situation”. Anyway, the poll body said, the call was entirely its own and outside the judicial ambit.
“The decision to conduct a summary or an intensive revision of the electoral roll is left to the discretion of the ECI. The ECI has complete discretion over the policy of revision to the exclusion of any other authority,” the poll panel submitted.
Bomb hoax emails disrupt proceedings at Delhi and Bombay High Courts on same day
Two of the country’s premier High Courts in Delhi and Mumbai witnessed unusual disruption on Friday (September 12, 2025) after both received bomb threat emails within hours of each other. In both cases, the courts were evacuated, hearings were adjourned, and massive security checks were carried out before the police declared the threats a hoax.
Former Meghalaya Chief Minister D.D. Lapang passes away
Former Meghalaya Chief Minister Donwa Dethwelson Lapang passed away at a hospital in Shillong on Friday (September 12, 2025) night. He was 93.
Members of his family said he was battling age-related ailments for a long time. He left behind his wife, Amethyst Lynda Jones Blah, and two children.